Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4470

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6 October. The obit of Master Alexander Galloway, once rector of the church of Kinkell. He showed devotion to St Francis and caused an altar to be built in honour of St John the Baptist.

OCTOBER [vi.] Obitus illustrissimi viri Magistri Alexandri Gallovay ecclesie de Kinkell quondam rectoris, qui nostrum semper affectus est ordinem summo honore, Ita ut intra octauas fundatoris prefati ordinis ad patriam migrauit supernam. Is itaque ecclessiam nouam laudi diu Francisci dicatam Gauini Dunbeir episcopi sumptibus erexit. Necnon et suis expensis aram in Sancti Iohannis Baptiste honorem construi fecit. Ceterum quelibet per lustra fratrum vsibus quinquaginta erogauit marcas : tandem ad superos properans triginta marcas reliquit pro necessitatibus fratrum : quam possim amanter vos fratres hortor prefati Alexandri exequias celebrare omnes, cui hodie infelix mors exitiale iniecit telum 1552.

Type of dedication
Altar dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
John the Baptist
Saint details
ST/JD/24
Date low
None
Date high
6/10/1552
Entry reference
EN/EW/2770
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Alexander Galloway Male Canon 100 Master Alexander Galloway
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Franciscans Aberdeen Friary NJ942064 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100